Kings (2007 film)

Colm Meaney, as Joe Mullan, was featured on the 55 cent stamp.In the mid-1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life.The film intersperses flashbacks of a lost youth in Ireland with the harsh realities of modern life.For some the thirty years has been hard, working in building sites across Britain.In 2007, Tom Collins won the Directors Guild of America / Ireland New Finders Award.
Tom CollinsThe Kings of the Kilburn High RoadJimmy MurphyColm MeaneyDonal O'KellyPol BrennanEnglishTaormina Film Festival2008 Academy Awardsbest foreign-language filmEnglandConnemaraGaeltachtLondonIrish Film and Television AwardsIFTA AwardsRonan HillMuriel BellRotten TomatoesIrish submissionsAcademy Award for Best International Feature FilmAs If I Am Not ThereThe GiftSong of GraniteArrachtFoscadhThe Quiet GirlKneecap